Home tours, lectures to mark 100th anniversary for Beachrunner's Inn

The Beachrunners' Inn will mark its 100th anniversary Saturday with home tours and lectures on the history of the bed and breakfast site.

The centennial celebration is scheduled from noon to 2 p.m. at 231 Kennebec Ave.

The inn is a transformed single-family home built in 1913.

It has been restored to highlight the characteristics found in Craftsman homes of the period.

Long Beach historian Maureen Neeley of Long Beach Heritage and HouStories said the house is a two-story bungalow that was originally built for a retired dentist, George B. Snow.

Snow died in the mid-1950s, and the home was transformed into a boarding house -- a common practice at the time -- with college students taking up residency in the large homes in the Bluff Park area, Neeley said.

Bluff Park Neighborhood Association President John Thomas and 2nd District Councilwoman Suja Lowenthal are scheduled to make comments at the event.